Judy Greenwald reports: A federal appeals court has upheld dismissal of most of the plaintiffs who sued the SuperValu Inc. grocery distributor in connection with 2014 data breaches, but reinstated the case of one plaintiff who provided evidence his credit card was misused. Supermarket wholesaler and retailer SuperValu, based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, reported two…
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Former Allianz Insurance employees get suspended sentences for bribery offences
Terry Gangcuangco reports: Three former Allianz Insurance employees and the two brothers who approached them to leak over 700 pieces of confidential customer data have been sentenced for bribery offences. According to the City of London Police, the three were paid more than £7,000 for the leaked information, which was then passed to claims management…
Two million customers pillaged in CeX hack attack
Iain Thomson reports: Second-hand electronics dealership CeX has warned two million customers their personal information may have been stolen. Several Reg readers dropped us a line after receiving an email from the company that informed them their personal information including first name, surname, address, email address and phone number had been accessed by hackers. …
Swedish slip-up leaks hosting company’s customer data
Richard Chirgwin reports: A major Swedish web hosting has been compromised and its entire customer database leaked. The company, Loopia, made the announcement here, saying the breach happened last Tuesday (August 22), and it notified customers on Friday, advising of a system-wide password reset and telling them to update their personal information. Read more on…
Personal info, Social Security numbers for lacrosse players posted on MLL website
WHEC reports: Major League Lacrosse is investigating a massive data leak that exposed every individual player’s personal information. According to an email the league sent to all players Monday evening — that was in turn sent to News10NBC by a player — a link on one of their website pages mistakenly re-directed browsers to a…
Tax documents with personal info found in East Naples dumpster
WINK News reports: A box with files full of tax-related personal information from dozens of people was found in an open dumpster by U.S. 41. A man, who declined to be identified, made the discovery last month while bicycling near the dumpster at a plaza in East Naples. The files were stuffed with unshreded forms…